The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-19
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ARs. AARr MAPEs DODGE is graceful
and well dressed She talks with great II
vivacity. e asv'
SIN JoHN MACDONALD ID to be given -
. seat in the English House Of Com s 0ne
mons and will retire from CANADIANS -
politics. tina,
MRs. MARTHA J. LAMB. editor Of the nce'
Magazine Of American History" Is =
petite, slender and dark. She is chatty R Ess
and vivacious talker. reta
Miss FLORENCE GRoFF is the first viii
American woman who has been admit gas
ted to the School of Oriental Languages A
ARABIC and Persian) in Paris. spt'
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MRs. DAVID G. CRoLY, Jennie -
june" at present editor Of '.Godeys Lon
Lady's Book, ofPhiladelphia, is slight Acc
and dark. She is . vivacious talker, Of {
and has N engaging and expansive ),
emile. CON
LOUISA n. ALCOTT now and then pro-
Akes from her desk an old-fashioned Htel
portofolio and exhibits quantity Of 7
sketches after Turner made by her ar ant
list sister. the original Of Amy in "Little VI. VT
Women" who married and died abroad. are
Dr.. BLEYER, who has been lectur- II
ing in New York in favor Of capital lest
punishment by electricity, has made y que Hn;
scientific computation, showing that by maj
this process a mans life can be taken
in the two hundreth part Of second. -.
Miss ELLEN CALLAHAN Of Sierra Val. the
ley, New, is . successful stock-grower, 9th
and is considered m eligible match fol rec
. middle-aged man with capacity foi =
real work. She can harness . team, 49,
break wild horses. run . mower, feed 70
the stock. or do anykind of work on iii \
ranch. ofs
NINE. RIsroRI, who is now staylngin Rua
Rome, is occupying her leisure BY A A..
writing her memoirs, dating from her On
hrst appearance on the stage. She i In
was then mere infant, being but three ri
months old. Her nurse carried her in. BuI
and her debut was, it is said. singularly fro,
successful. lyir
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS daughter, al,
Elizabeth interests herself decidedly in A
the working-girls, rs distinguished cou
from the young ladies of leisure, and 90,
has banded those of Staten Island into Rul
Working Women's Guild with read. On On
ing-rooms. library, and pleasant even. the
ing recreations, which are showing I
themselves Of decided practical good. An
sto
NINE. OFFENBACH, widow Of the 81 -
opera bouffe composer, is dead. She ho,
was an Irish-Spanish woman, . sister hos
Of Mr.. Robert Mitchell, editor Of the !
Bonapartist journal LIE Pays. During dig
her husbands lifetime she was popu- 2 az
lar leader in Partisan society, but Of
after his death she lived in strict retire. tin
mont. 60
GEORGE w. CHnDs, the Philadelphia an
Ledger publisher has superb wine SSn n
cellar, but he never touches wines Of /,
intoxicants Of any kind. He doesn't in
know the taste Of them. Apollinaris Nc
water. which is served up in superb tic
silver aagon, is his favorite tipple. He - -
never uses even tea or coffee As to da
his eating. wheated grits and oatmeal IS
porridge are his favorite dishes. az
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COUNTESS BRETHLEN-MAURE Hun ~ ds
garian lady, has become the benefac- "
sress Of the district Of Nagy-Sellyk, in ito
Transylvania the place Of her residence. On
She employs many hundred poor peas
ant women and children for the manu- -,
featuring Of those gorgeous WOODEN da
fabrics which are the pride of Hunga- ~ ~
rian home industry. CO..
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The Hindoo Patriot states hatseveral OF
novels have lately been written by Hin. vi
doc ladies in Bengal, some Of which are ~ ~
Of considerable merit. The latest is one III
entitled ..Satitva Saroja," and its dr.
author Is Mrs. Mahamay-Dutt. Il ID - =.
recommended IS "a picture Of quiet II
domestic life In Bengal, but slightly ~ II
moved from reality in . few scenes" bu
LUCY LARcoM and Whittier have . ~
good deal Of liking for each others So
oisty. and it happens now and then
that the Quaker poet leaves his retreat a,
ct Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass, where ,
he spends more Of his time of late years re,
than at Amesbury, to make one Of his
rare trips to the village, meeting Mis-. wi
Larcom at the house of . common I
friend. ve
GEN. A. r LAYTON, who has au
bsen appointed Minister to Austria, -.
has made much money ut the bar since ~
the War, and is reputed to be worth cd